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Webster 1913 Edition

Hyporhachis

‖

Hyˊpo-rha′chis

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Hyporhachides

(#)

.

[NL., fr. Gr.

ὑπό

beneath + [GREEK] spine.]

(Zool.)

The stem of an aftershaft or hypoptilum.

[Written also

hyporachis

.]